As I've said before, the Tacker puts a side load on your furler foil. Be careful!
Joel On Wed, Mar 10, 2021 at 10:55 AM Matthew via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > I'm anticipating the hard part will be getting the tack connected to the > ATN Tacker under load before the jibe (which I haven't tried yet). The > issue will be how close I can get the tack to the Tacker shackle by > manipulating the pole. I'm thinking if we raise the mast end, this will > bring the other end back to the forestay. The Tacker can be freely > adjusted up and down. Reattaching the tack from the Tacker to the pole > should be the easy part as I'll be using a guy that is not under load (at > first), and the shackle on my Tacker is a Tylaska. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jeff Nelson via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2021 9:56 AM > To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com > Cc: Jeff Nelson <jhnelso...@gmail.com> > Subject: Stus-List Re: Asymmetical Spinnaker outside jibe > > Cool. All clear now. I think the hard part will be getting back from > Tacker to pole under load after the gybe, but assuming the tack goes to a > winch will work just fine. > Cheers, > Jeff > > Thanks to all of the subscribers that contributed to the list to help with > the costs involved. If you want to show your support to the list - use > PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray Thanks > - Stu > -- Joel
Thanks to all of the subscribers that contributed to the list to help with the costs involved. If you want to show your support to the list - use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray Thanks - Stu
